And now for a look at some of the characters who are dead (or at least rumored to be dead, you never know), including Jon Snow, as played by Kit Harington.

And now for a look at some of the characters who are dead (or at least rumored to be dead, you never know), including Jon Snow, as played by Kit Harington.

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Kit Harington

looking a lot less worried.

Kit Harington

looking a lot less worried.

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'Game of Thrones': Out of costume

Natalie Dormer, center, is often tasked with wearing some of the most elaborate costumes on "Game of Thrones" as Queen Margaery. But what do she and other characters look like when they're not on-set? Click through to find out.

Actor John Bradley looking dapper at the season four premiere in New York.

Actor John Bradley looking dapper at the season four premiere in New York.

Photo: Evan Agostini, AP

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Sibel Kekilli

, left, and Peter Dinklage are seen at the after party for premiere of the third season of the HBO television series Game of Thrones at the TCL Chinese Theatre on Monday, March 18, 2013 in Los Angeles.

plays as Shae, a prostitute-turned-servant-slash-Tyrian-Lannister's-lover. (She's a busy lady.)

Sibel Kekilli

plays as Shae, a prostitute-turned-servant-slash-Tyrian-Lannister's-lover. (She's a busy lady.)

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German actress Sibel Kekilli looking more innocent than her character on 'Game of Thrones.'

German actress Sibel Kekilli looking more innocent than her character on 'Game of Thrones.'

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Charles Dance

plays the patriarch, Tywin Lannister.

Charles Dance

plays the patriarch, Tywin Lannister.

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Even in a multi-colored scarf and purple shirt, Charles Dance still looks like a tough guy.

Even in a multi-colored scarf and purple shirt, Charles Dance still looks like a tough guy.

Photo: Mark Robert Milan, FilmMagic

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Game of Thrones Season 4 Finale Recap: 5 Biggest Moments from "The Children" Including Deaths, Spoilers and More!

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SPOILER ALERT: If you haven't yet seen "The Children," the season four finale episode of HBO's Game of Thrones, and don't want to know what happened, do not continue reading. You have been warned.

Don't mess with the Children. After a much-too-short fourth season of Game of Thrones filled with a Purple Wedding, bloody battles and expeditions (below and beyond the Wall), the final tenth episode, which aired Sunday, June 15, may have been the most shocking of them all. As promised by showrunners, the 66-minute finale included several surprising deaths and plot twists leaving viewers to speculate the fate of each remaining character. Here, Us Weekly recaps the five biggest moments from Sunday's episode.

We never thought we'd say this, but it was good to see Stannis Baratheon. Just as the meeting between Jon Snow and Mance Rayder was about to turn bloody, Baratheon and his army flooded Rayder's camp, murdering any free folk in their way. However, Rayder's life is spared after Jon Snow intervenes.

Should've trained her dragons! After learning that one of her fire-breathing pets has inadvertently burned a three-year-old girl, a heavy-hearted Khaleesi decides to ground two of her three "children" (the third, Drogon, has flown the coop). She slips a chain around each and walks solemnly back outside—as the piercing cries echo from below.

Bran Stark and his traveling companions, Meera and Jojen Reed, as well as Hodor, finally come across the beautiful weirwood tree, complete with blood red leaves, rooted in the midst of a stunning landscape. As the quartet, exhausted and excited to have finally reached their destination, make their way across an open snow-covered field, a skeletal hand suddenly lifts out of the dirt and grabs onto Jojen's leg. More terrifying skeletal creatures burst out of the ground with rusty axes and weapons, attacking both Reed siblings.

Jojen dies at the hand of one of the frightening creatures, but the rest of the traveling pack make it to safety, thanks to one eerie-looking girl. Their elvish savior identifies herself as a child of the forest.

Inside, Bran immediately recognizes the man sitting at the roots of the tree as the "Three-Eyed Raven" from his dreams.

In a deviation from the book series, Brienne of Tarth has a chance encounter with Arya outside of the Vale, while the two women connect over their swords-womanship ("My father didn't want me fighting with swords either," Brienne tells Arya.) The Hound intervenes and Brienne realizes who Arya really is.

"I swore to your mother I would bring you home to her," Brienne tells a stone-faced Arya.

"Why didn't you?" Arya spats back.

The Hound and Brienne face off over Arya in an epic sword-turned-punching and kicking fight, and Brienne ultimately succeeds.

Her victory is short-lived as Arya hides until Brienne and Podrick leave, the Hound, on his deathbed, begs Lady Stark to take his life. Arya, staring down at him and stowing away his coins, leaves her hated companion instead.

She eventually turns up meeting a ship's captain and asks to be taken to the Wall. Instead, he offers to take Arya to Braavos after she reveals the iron coin and utters the phrase, "Valar morgulis."